Academic Programs

The Human Science minor is a multidisciplinary program that brings together elements of biology, anthropology and psychology to understand our species, Homo sapiens, as a complex biological and social organism. Goals for the students in this minor are twofold:

Through a set of basic core courses in the three disciplines students will gain a multidisciplinary, scientific understanding of human beings; and

Students will then pursue their own interests in human science through elective courses in three disciplines.

The human science minor is appropriate for students whose career goals would be enhanced by a program that focuses on the scientific, multidisciplinary study of humans. Such careers include the health-oriented professions, law, government, public policy and academic study in the humanities, and social and life sciences. Furthermore, graduates of the human science minor will be taught to think synthetically across the natural and social sciences, and thus will be better prepared to grapple with the complex problems of the 21st century. Consequently, they will be well situated to take advantage of the rapidly developing and diverse career opportunities of the coming years and decades.

* The content of this course varies from semester to semester, and from instructor to instructor. This course may be used to satisfy a requirement for the Human Science minor ONLY if the topics covered in the version you take have been specifically approved by the Human Science coordinator.